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1、UnitedStatesCourtofAppealsFortheFirstCircuitNos.04-210404-2105DR.PORFIRIOFRANCESCHI;ANGELACASTILLODEFRANCHESCI;CONJUGALPARTNERSHIPFRANCESCHI-CASTILLO,Plaintiffs,Appellants/Cross-Appellees,v.HOSPITALGENERALSANCARLOS,INC.AND/ORHOSPITALSANCARLOS,INC.D/B/
2、AHOSPITALSANCARLOSBORROMEO,Defendant,Appellee/Cross-Appellant.APPEALSFROMTHEUNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURTFORTHEDISTRICTOFPUERTORICOpd4mlevaluationcopy.visithttp://pd4ml.com[Hon.JustoArenas,U.S.MagistrateJudge]BeforeLynchandLipez,CircuitJudges,andBaldock,S
3、eniorCircuitJudge.RaulBarreraMorales,withwhomHernandezSanchezLawFirmwasonbrief,forappellant.MyrtaEstrellaNievesBlas,withwhomSantos&NievesBlaswasonbrief,forappellee.August24,2005LIPEZ,CircuitJudge.AppellantDr.PorfirioFranceschi,aphysician,hadacontractd
4、isputewiththehospitalthatemployedhim.Thecontracthadanarbitrationclause,andthepartiesattemptedtoselectanarbitralpanel.Forvariousreasons,thearbitrationneverhappened.Instead,thedisputewaseventuallytriedtoajury,whichreturnedaverdictforDr.Franceschionbothc
5、ontractdamagesandcompensatorydamagesforemotionaldistress.Onthehospital"smotionfornewtrialorremittitur,thecourtsubstantiallyreducedtheemotionaldamagesaward.pd4mlevaluationcopy.visithttp://pd4ml.comTheappeal(byplaintiffs)andcross-appeal(bythehospital)ra
6、iseabevyofissues:(1)whetherthecaseshouldhavebeendismissedinlightofthearbitrationclause,(2)whetherthesuitwasuntimely,(3)whetherthecourterredinreducingtheemotionaldamagesaward,(4)whetherthejury"seconomicdamagesawardwasexcessiveandshouldhavebeenreduced,a
7、nd(5)whetherthejury"seconomicdamagesawardwastoolowandshouldhavebeenincreased.Weholdthatthehospitalforfeiteditsarbitrationargumentbyfailingtopursueaninterlocutoryappealwhenthatargumentwasfirstdeniedbythedistrictcourtinasummaryjudgmentruling.Theotheriss
8、uesalsoposenoobstaclestoaffirmingthedistrictcourt.I.Werecitethefactsinthelightmostfavorabletothejury"sverdict,UnitedStatesv.Castellini,392F.3d35,39(1stCir.2004),andpresentonlythosefactsnecessarytothedispositionofthisappeal.Dr.Franceschi,aradio
